Lifetime Gold and Platinum Status for 1 Million and 2 Million Miles

I'm very eager to get over the threshold. I just got an insurance quote from Liberty Mutual that should get 500 miles fairly soon (I did it last year and I remember those miles posting rather quickly). FYI: you can churn the Liberty Mutual insurance quote each year for 500 Aadvantage miles. And, hopefully the 250 miles from the Best Western sign up bonus post soon. Then I'll be at lifetime gold - woo hoo!

What do you get for hitting the million mile marks?

1MM: lifetime gold status, and eight 500-mile sticker upgrades (those w/ US addresses) or four SWU (those w/ international addresses). You also get two luggage tags showing your MM status.

2MM: lifetime platinum status, and four SWU (domestic and international addresses). You also get two luggage tags showing your MM status.

I'm very eager to get over the threshold. I just got an insurance quote from Liberty Mutual that should get 500 miles fairly soon (I did it last year and I remember those miles posting rather quickly). FYI: you can churn the Liberty Mutual insurance quote each year for 500 Aadvantage miles. And, hopefully the 250 miles from the Best Western sign up bonus post soon. Then I'll be at lifetime gold - woo hoo!

Tell me about it... I just passed 1MM and am now planning the trek to 2MM. The irony of course is that it doesn't really matter to me now, but I worry it won't be around when I would otherwise reach it.

My 3MM will post sometime in the next two weeks... I had wanted to make it by December 2010, but life and a huge (thankfully temporary!) slowdown in work travel impeded my progress. Excited to start the count towards 4MM soon!

Been hanging in the low 2MM area for a few years. If UA/CO continue to "enhance" the MP program, I may jump back to AA heavily. Glad they have bag tags for hitting each new MM levels and can order additional ones to use.

Tell me about it... I just passed 1MM and am now planning the trek to 2MM. The irony of course is that it doesn't really matter to me now, but I worry it won't be around when I would otherwise reach it.

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It sounds like a cliche, but the second million comes a lot faster than the first. I'm close to 3MM, and there are so many great opportunities to pile up the miles.

I'm very eager to get over the threshold. I just got an insurance quote from Liberty Mutual that should get 500 miles fairly soon (I did it last year and I remember those miles posting rather quickly). FYI: you can churn the Liberty Mutual insurance quote each year for 500 Aadvantage miles. And, hopefully the 250 miles from the Best Western sign up bonus post soon. Then I'll be at lifetime gold - woo hoo!

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Welcome to milepoint. Congrats on 1MM. I can promise you that the second MM will come much easier.

My 3MM will post sometime in the next two weeks... I had wanted to make it by December 2010, but life and a huge (thankfully temporary!) slowdown in work travel impeded my progress. Excited to start the count towards 4MM soon!

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The benefit of not passing the MM threshold in December is that your SWUs will be good through February, 2013.

I received most of my miles by flying, along with associated promo miles and bonuses. Took 3 years for 1MM, 6 years for 2MM, and 9 years for 3MM. Love it at the EXP level but no lifetime tier to take you there every year, so generally 125-150K of flying a year to stay there.

Everyone keeps expecting this to go away. And it's hard to believe that it hasn't. But it keeps hanging on, perhaps if only because of the cost to change the IT infrastructure. It just hasn't been quite the priority that everyone thinks it'll be.

And I admit, I thought this would go away at the end of last year. I have no special knowledge on this issue, but I would be very surprised to see it go away in 2011 -- in the AAdvantage 30th anniversary year. I just would be surprised with too many cuts or devaluations in 2011..

How long can AA continue to grant 1MM and 2MM lifetime status for non BIS miles? It's too good be true for much longer.

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There problem is that they have established it as all miles, and they make a lot of money from selling miles. Since they lose money overall, it is hard to do something that will damage a money-making division. And this would damage that division. People would close credit cards and bank accounts, shift from earining AA miles to other points/miles, etc. Not only would AA sell fewer miles, but also their partners would push for a lower price per mile, saying (correctly) that the mile isn't as valuable as it used to be. Doesn't mean that AA won't change, but it means there are consequences to the change.

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